January 2011

Instructional Coaches' Workshop, Thursday, January 20, 2011

Agenda	Coaches' Workshop on Sustainability Thursday, January 20, 2011, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. 5.5 hours North Hills Junior High School - LGI Room 55 Rochester Road, Pittsburgh PA 15229 (412) 318-1450 Parking available in the big lot to the left as you crest the hill - enter through LGI entrance
Location
Meeting called by:	Kevin Conner (PAIU TIM) and Chris Caton (PIIC)
Type of meeting:	Cooperative learning workshop
Facilitator	Various
Attendees:	District instructional coaches, CFF coaches, EETT coaches
Please bring:	Laptop computers
	Agenda Topics:
8:30-9:00	Registration and Networking Opening video - Where Good Ideas Come From
9:00-9:10	Do Now: Snowball Write on a sheet of an answer for each of these prompts: 1. One success I've had as a coach... 2. How would the teachers at your school finish this sentence: "The coach at our school is valuable because..." 3. The most valuable skill needed as a coach Wad up your paper and toss into a pile at center of room Pick up any snowball but your own - discuss with a partner, each taking turns from their paper Switch partners when prompted and discuss again.
9:10-9:25	Collaborative Action Planning Model: Overview and Context
9:25-9:55	Round Robin Discussion Scribe 1 Scribe 2
9:55-10:10	BREAK
10:10-10:40	Generate proactive solutions
10:40-10:55	Sharing in Pairs
10:55-11:00	Categorization
11:00-11:10	Weighted Ranking Sustaining_Coaching_VisualRanking.pdf Details Download 25 KB
11:10-11:20	Quick Break
11:20-11:45	Small Group Recommendations Group 1 - Vision Group 2 - Leadership Group 3 - Changing Beliefs Group 4 - Funding
11:45-Noon	Debriefing - Whole Group
Noon-12:30	Lunch
12:35-1:20	H - Higher Order Thinking course from LoTi H.E.A.T. series
1:25-2:15	Skills Based Instruction Across the Curriculum
2:15-2:30	Ticket Out the Door